Three ingredients are all you need to make super easy, grain free dog treats! Â These dog treats are a cheap and healthy alternative to buying dog treats at the store. Â And if you have a dog with food allergies like I do, then this recipe is perfect! Â Banana, peanut butter and coconut flour are all you need to make your dog one happy puppy! Â So today I am taking a break from the yummy recipes I normally share for us humans, to share with you a recipe to make your faithful, furry friend!Â
You guys have all met my Yorkshire Terrier, Jack, right? Â Well I make all my desserts from scratch, so that got me thinking…why all these store bought dog treats?! Â Plus his treats are EXPENSIVE to buy. Â Jack is on a grain-free, chicken-free diet. Â He wasn’t always such a princess….but a few years back, I started noticing Jack was getting very dry, flaky skin. Â After talking with my dog groomer, she recommended a grain-free, chicken-free diet for Jack. Â Since putting Jack on his special diet, his skin is back to normal!
When I go into the pet store to buy Jack treats, I swear I am in there for over an hour trying to find a treat that is within his diet restrictions and that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. And that too after doing proper research on getting the best food for Yorkies. I mean I already have a Great Dane that eats me out of house and home!  I think I spend more time and money shopping for food for my two boys, than I do for me!  Hahaha.  So I am loving this easy recipe to make dog treats.  And Mr. Picky (aka: Jack) approved of them 🙂
You can cut your dog treats out with a dog bone cookie cutter if you have one, or just cut them into squares. Â Trust me…the dogs don’t care what shape they are!
Homemade Grain Free Dog Treats
Print RecipeIngredients
- 1 medium ripe banana
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
In a medium sized bowl, mash the banana. Stir the peanut butter into the banana, until completely incorporated. Add the coconut flour and stir into the banana-peanut butter mixture until a dough forms.
Pour the dough out onto the parchment lined cookie sheet and roll the dough out to approximately 1/2-inch thick. Use cookie cutters to cut out desired shaped treats or cut into squares.
Bake treats in 350-degree oven for 10-12 minutes. Remove the treats from the oven once they are golden brown. Let treats rest on the cookie sheet until they are set and then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
I made my treats softer because my dog is older, and has a hard time with the super crunchy treats. Bake your treats a few minutes longer if your dog prefers a crunchier treat. Store treats in an airtight container at room temperature. Treats stay fresh for several days.
These dog treats smelled pretty good while they were baking! Â I mean it’s just peanut butter, banana and coconut flour, so yeah! Â Oh…and coconut flour is supposed to be great for a dogs coat and for keeping fleas away!
Jack!!! Â Time for a treat!!
Jack loved these treats!!  And I love how cheap and easy they were to make!  Looking for a pup to test these treats out on? Any of these adorableYorkshire Terriers would make great taste testers!
But we can’t leave Mookie out from getting a dog treat!  He wanted to smile for the camera before he got his treat 🙂  Mookie liked the treats too, and sometimes I think he can be even pickier about treats than Jack!
PuppySpot created some fun graphics about how dogs improve our health, and I couldn’t agree more!  So of course I had to share them with you!
I love my boys and I am so excited I got to veer from my usual recipes, to share this dog treat with you today! Â If you make this, let me know what you—errr the dogs—think of these treats! Â And tell me below what kind of dog you have and if they have any food allergies too!
XOXO,
Kelly
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22 Comments
Deepika|TheLoveOfCakes
October 1, 2017 at 3:24 AMI am going to make these for my friend’s pet Toby! I know, she buys a lot of expensive stuff for him..And these are such easy and cheap treats to make..He will surely love them!
Kelly
October 1, 2017 at 7:20 AMYay! That’s awesome Deepika! You will have to let me know what you think! XOXO
Amy
October 1, 2017 at 9:54 AMI love the cookie cutter. I would probably just make my dog treats in whatever shape I had. That is so nice of you to make “bones” for your dog! I like this recipe. Our dog is also quite old and she does deserve a treat like this. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Kelly
October 2, 2017 at 5:55 AMThank you Amy! I like this recipe for older dogs because you can bake them soft, so it’s easier for them to eat! XOXO 🙂
Katherine | Love In My Oven
October 1, 2017 at 7:08 PMToo cute, Kelly!! You’ve got some lucky little pups there!
Kelly
October 2, 2017 at 5:55 AMThank you Katherine! My pups are a little spoiled 😉 XOXO
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
October 2, 2017 at 6:28 AMOne of my mom’s dogs has terrible food allergies too. She has a hard time finding treats he can eat–I’ll have to send her this recipe. Say hi to Jack and Mookie for me! And have a great week!
Kelly
October 3, 2017 at 6:09 AMHi Kelsie!! Yes!! Send her this recipe. It’s so easy and great for our pups with allergies 🙂 Tell Cookie I said hi! Have a great week too! XOXO
Maria Doss
October 3, 2017 at 4:32 AMI don’t have any doggies, but yours look too darn cute Kelly:)
Kelly
October 3, 2017 at 6:10 AMAwww thanks Maria!! Have a great week 🙂 XOXO
themondaybox
October 3, 2017 at 1:13 PMI frequently make homemade treats for my Sheltie and his dog park buddies. I’m always alert to allergies as I have dealt with allergies myself all my life! Recently, we have been trying out grainfree eating for my Sheltie. I was wondering what I was going to sub for the whole wheat or oat flour I usually use. Coconut flour! Great idea! Thanks for the recipe.
Kelly
October 4, 2017 at 6:51 AMAwesome! Glad you saw this recipe 🙂 I hope you try it out and let me know what your Sheltie thinks hehehe. Have a great day! XOXO
lianne
October 9, 2017 at 2:31 AMThese are great! And they would make a great doggy Christmas present!
Lianne | Makes, Bakes and Decor
Kelly
October 9, 2017 at 12:56 PMThanks Lianne! That’s a great idea! You could put them in a cute dog treat container as part of the present too 🙂 XOXO
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Sue Sopata
April 5, 2022 at 11:40 AMWhat can I use instead of peanut butter , can I use water to help bind mixture
Thanks
Donna
April 21, 2022 at 5:43 PMI followed this recipe and my dough was too moist, I believe. They stuck to the parchment paper and I had to toss them. I will try again without parchment paper and perhaps increase the coconut flour.
Kelly
April 21, 2022 at 5:56 PMYes. I would add more coconut flour until you reach a firmer consistency. Maybe your banana was bigger than mine. Also I just used regular peanut butter. If you use almond butter or something more oily than regular PB, then you would need to adjust the flour.
Donna
April 21, 2022 at 6:02 PMThank you for the response. I used powdered peanut butter. May need to adjust a bit for that as well
Tuni
September 3, 2022 at 5:30 PMGood recipe! Dogs loved.
Kelly
September 3, 2022 at 5:51 PMAwesome!! So glad your pups loved them!
bella c
December 29, 2022 at 12:36 AMis there a link to the cookie cutter ?